Ready Meals in the US to 2011

SUMMARY

Abstract

Introduction

This databook is a detailed information resource covering all the key data points on Ready Meals in the US. It includes comprehensive value volume segmentation and market share data. The databook supplies actual data to 2006 and full forecasts to 2011.

Scope

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
Summary Market Level - Ready Meals 2
Summary category level - Dried ready meals 3
Summary category level - Canned ready meals 4
Summary category level - Chilled ready meals 5
Summary category level - Frozen ready meals 6
Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION 7
What is this report about? 7
How to use this report 7
Market Definition 8
Chapter 3 MARKET OVERVIEW 21
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 21
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 22
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 26
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 28
Company and Brand Share Analysis 31
Distribution Analysis 36
Expenditure & consumption per capita 39
Chapter 4 LEADING COMPANY PROFILES 42
ConAgra Foods, Inc. 42
Nestle SA 44
Chapter 5 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - DRIED READY MEALS 47
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 47
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 48
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 50
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 51
Company and Brand Share Analysis 53
Distribution Analysis 56
Expenditure & consumption per capita 58
Chapter 6 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - CANNED READY MEALS 60
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 60
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 61
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 64
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 65
Company and Brand Share Analysis 68
Distribution Analysis 71
Expenditure & consumption per capita 73
Chapter 7 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - CHILLED READY MEALS 76
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 76
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 77
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 80
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 81
Company and Brand Share Analysis 84
Distribution Analysis 87
Expenditure & consumption per capita 89
Chapter 8 CATEGORY ANALYSIS - FROZEN READY MEALS 92
Value Analysis, 2001-2006 92
Value Analysis, 2006-2011 93
Volume Analysis, 2001-2006 96
Volume Analysis, 2006-2011 98
Company and Brand Share Analysis 101
Distribution Analysis 105
Expenditure & consumption per capita 107
Chapter 9 COUNTRY COMPARISON 111
Value 111
Volume 116
Market Share 121
Chapter 10 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 122
Product launches over time 122
Recent product launches 124
Chapter 11 US SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE 125
Country Overview 125
Key Facts 126
Political Overview 128
United States Economic Overview 129
Chapter 12 US MACROECONOMIC PROFILE 130
Macroeconomic Indicators 130
Chapter 13 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 137
Methodology overview 137
Secondary research 138
Market modelling 139
Primary research 140
Data finalisation 140
Ongoing research 141
CHAPTER 14 APPENDIX 142
Future readings 142
How to contact experts in your industry 142

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: US Ready Meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 24
Figure 2: US Ready Meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 25
Figure 3: US Ready Meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 29
Figure 4: US Ready Meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 30
Figure 5: US Ready Meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 33
Figure 6: US Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 38
Figure 7: US Dried ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 49
Figure 8: US Dried ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 52
Figure 9: US Dried ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 54
Figure 10: US Dried ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 57
Figure 11: US Canned ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 62
Figure 12: US Canned ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 63
Figure 13: US Canned ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 66
Figure 14: US Canned ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 67
Figure 15: US Canned ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 69
Figure 16: US Canned ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 72
Figure 17: US Chilled ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 78
Figure 18: US Chilled ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 79
Figure 19: US Chilled ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 82
Figure 20: US Chilled ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 83
Figure 21: US Chilled ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 85
Figure 22: US Chilled ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 88
Figure 23: US Frozen ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 94
Figure 24: US Frozen ready meals category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011 95
Figure 25: US Frozen ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m) 99
Figure 26: US Frozen ready meals category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011 100
Figure 27: US Frozen ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 103
Figure 28: US Frozen ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 106
Figure 29: Global Ready meals market split (value terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 112
Figure 30: Global Ready meals market value, 2001 -- 2006 (Top 5 countries) 115
Figure 31: Global Ready meals market split (volume terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 117
Figure 32: Global Ready meals market volume, 2001 -- 2006 (Top 5 countries) 120
Figure 33: Map of the United States 127
Figure 34: Annual data review process 138

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Ready meals category definitions 9
Table 2: Ready meals distribution channels 10
Table 3: US Ready Meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m, nominal prices) 21
Table 4: US Ready Meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 23
Table 5: US Ready Meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 27
Table 6: US Ready Meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 28
Table 7: US Ready Meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 31
Table 8: US Ready Meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 32
Table 9: US Ready Meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 34
Table 10: US Ready Meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 35
Table 11: US Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 36
Table 12: US Ready Meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 37
Table 13: US Ready Meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$, nominal prices) 39
Table 14: US Ready Meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$, nominal prices) 40
Table 15: US Ready Meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 40
Table 16: US Ready Meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 41
Table 17: ConAgra Foods, Inc. Key Facts 42
Table 18: Nestle SA Key Facts 44
Table 19: US Dried ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m, nominal prices) 47
Table 20: US Dried ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 48
Table 21: US Dried ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 50
Table 22: US Dried ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 51
Table 23: US Dried ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 53
Table 24: US Dried ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 53
Table 25: US Dried ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 55
Table 26: US Dried ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 55
Table 27: US Dried ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 56
Table 28: US Dried ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 56
Table 29: US Dried ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$, nominal prices) 58
Table 30: US Dried ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$, nominal prices) 58
Table 31: US Dried ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 59
Table 32: US Dried ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 59
Table 33: US Canned ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m, nominal prices) 60
Table 34: US Canned ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 61
Table 35: US Canned ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 64
Table 36: US Canned ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 65
Table 37: US Canned ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 68
Table 38: US Canned ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 68
Table 39: US Canned ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 70
Table 40: US Canned ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 70
Table 41: US Canned ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 71
Table 42: US Canned ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 71
Table 43: US Canned ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$, nominal prices) 73
Table 44: US Canned ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$, nominal prices) 74
Table 45: US Canned ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 74
Table 46: US Canned ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 75
Table 47: US Chilled ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m, nominal prices) 76
Table 48: US Chilled ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 77
Table 49: US Chilled ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 80
Table 50: US Chilled ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 81
Table 51: US Chilled ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 84
Table 52: US Chilled ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 84
Table 53: US Chilled ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 86
Table 54: US Chilled ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 86
Table 55: US Chilled ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 87
Table 56: US Chilled ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 87
Table 57: US Chilled ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$, nominal prices) 89
Table 58: US Chilled ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$, nominal prices) 90
Table 59: US Chilled ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 90
Table 60: US Chilled ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 91
Table 61: US Frozen ready meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m, nominal prices) 92
Table 62: US Frozen ready meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m, nominal prices) 93
Table 63: US Frozen ready meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m) 97
Table 64: US Frozen ready meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m) 98
Table 65: US Frozen ready meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 101
Table 66: US Frozen ready meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 102
Table 67: US Frozen ready meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%) 104
Table 68: US Frozen ready meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 104
Table 69: US Frozen ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%) 105
Table 70: US Frozen ready meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (US$ m nominal prices) 105
Table 71: US Frozen ready meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$, nominal prices) 107
Table 72: US Frozen ready meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$, nominal prices) 108
Table 73: US Frozen ready meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg) 109
Table 74: US Frozen ready meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg) 110
Table 75: Global Ready meals market value, 2006 111
Table 76: Global Ready meals market split (value terms (US$ m), 2006) -- Top 5 countries 114
Table 77: Global Ready meals market volume, 2006 116
Table 78: Global Ready meals market split (volume terms, 2006) -- Top 5 countries 119
Table 79: Leading players - Top 5 countries 121
Table 80: US Ready Meals new product launches (reports) and SKUs, by company (Top 5 companies), 2006 122
Table 81: US Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by flavor and fragrances (Top 10 flavors), 2006 123
Table 82: US Ready.Meals new product launches (reports), by Ingredients (Top 10 Ingredients), 2006 123
Table 83: US Ready Meals new product launches (reports), by Package tags or Claims (Top 10 claims), 2006 124
Table 84: US Ready Meals new product launches (reports) - Recent 5 launches 124
Table 85: United States Key Facts 126
Table 86: US population, by age group, 2000-2005 (millions) 130
Table 87: US population forecast, by age group, 2005-2010 (millions) 131
Table 88: US population, by gender, 2000-2005 (millions) 131
Table 89: US population forecast, by gender, 2005-2010 (millions) 132
Table 90: US real GDP, 2000-2005 (USD bn, 2005 prices) 132
Table 91: US real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 (USD bn, 2005 prices) 133
Table 92: US nominal GDP, 2000-2005 (USD bn, nominal prices) 133
Table 93: US real GDP, 2000-2005 (US$ bn, 2005 prices) 134
Table 94: US real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 (US$ bn, 2005 prices) 134
Table 95: US consumer price index, 2000-2005 (2000=100) 135
Table 96: US consumer price index, 2005-2010 (2000=100) 135
Table 97: US exchange rate, 2000-2005 136